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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Far from the arms of hunger
Far from the world disorder Beyond the reach of warfare Blinded by faith no longer No longer free to plunder No longer safe to rule A world no longer ours alone Where people walk in wonder And speak to one another And recognize as brother The face across the border Across a sea of differences Across the drifting sands The joining of our hands in time When will we find We can no longer look away When will we mind The killing in our name each day When we decide That all our might just weighs us down Then will we find The means to turn our world around When will we find When will we mind When we decide The means to turn our world around Far from the arms of hunger Far from the world disorder Beyond the reach of war There is a world where we belong |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Pretty Nova, one year over
Legal age of consent In the flower of sweet youth our Days of heaven were spent Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Rock 'n' Roll, and freeing your soul, and Giving that heaven away I'm looking 'round for that sixties sound - Those days are gone And all us acid dropping, world stopping, be bopping Freaks are just hanging on Little Nova, did you have to show the Whole world how to rebel? Standing there with your long brown hair Like a cool breeze blowing through hell Giving That Heaven Away Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Back in those days we all were so crazy Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Ooooooowh Giving that heaven away Seems like the whole world's at a fire sale But I might be wrong With all the home shopping, Bling bling and hip hopping Maybe it's just going strong But hey now Nova, we both know the Ones who're always making it pay Well any fool can sell a jewel But an angel will give it away Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Oooooooh I'm going go down singing And giving that heaven away Where did the day go in that Winnebago? The two of us hot as a stove Fools for pleasure, digging for treasure Down in that Black Oak grove Giving that heaven away Giving that heaven away Oooooooh Giving that heaven away |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Sometimes I get to feeling low
Wish I could just pick up and go Somewhere new change my point of view Maybe somewhere I don't know Toss the idea to and fro Not sure what makes it come and go There it is again sweet music on the wind Over the Gulf of Mexico I'm going to down to Cuba someday soon Following that Caribbean moon It's been too long since I've been there I'm going down there to see my friends Down where the rhythm never ends Where women wear gardenias in their hair People will tell you it's not easy You're not supposed to go, they say They say that Cuba is the enemy I'm going down there anyway I'm going down to Cuba to see my friends Down where the rhythm never ends And no problem is too difficult to solve Yeah times are tough down there it's true But you know they're gonna make it through They make such continuous use of the verb to resolve They've got to deal with that embargo Enough to drive any country insane They might not know the things you and I know They do know what to do in a hurricane Maybe I'll go through Mexico Old Jesse Helms don't have to know Anyway all the allies of the USA Travel to Cuba everyday I'm going down to Cuba to see my friends Down where the rhythm never ends Where by comparison my trouble will just unravel I'm North American, you know Don't like to hear where I can't go Free people will insist on the freedom to travel I'm gonna drink the running mojito And walk out on the malecon In one hand a monte cristo And in the other an ice cream cone I'm going down to cuba with my band We're going to formulate a plan Whereby we obtain that cultural delusion If I told you once I told you thrice It'll put a smile on your face to see a Chevrolet with a soviet transmission I bet the country cast a spell And there are things I think of still Like the beauty of that woman that spoke to me In the hotel nacional I'm gonna book my flight today I'm definitely on my way Just hold my place and I'll get back in the race And I'm back in the USA |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
I wanted to be somebody you see
When you're feeling good I started looking for your little MG In my neighborhood I started feeling kind of funny and free When you were around And I began to cook up a plan to Take you out of town Not really dating, we were relating And we were friends It's hard to say where the relating leaves off And where loves begins A friend will tell you all kinds of stuff That a lover won't And you would think you would see love coming But of course, you don't I want to hold you, don't want to mold you Into someone else I never could have invented you Or written you so well I never met another woman who Possessed your particular charms I want to be that man who will see that You never come to harm Must have been you I dreamed of Yeah that was you all right You were the laughter I was listening to Standing in the light You were the lover in the sunrise who Had begun to slip away Though I was just a kid I must have known You'd be real someday I want to know you, I want to show you That you're not alone You've been the only thing steadyin' me And I guess we've both known Maybe you haven't been that ready to see That I could take you there Well that was then, but this is when I need to hear you say yeah Baby just say yeah |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
I went to the live nude cabaret
To see what I could see And I saw the ladies dancing An I guess that they saw me Neither did I vanquish, or surrender to desire Was just more fuel on the fire I’ve heard form follows function And I think that must be true Especially when you think of What the female form will do Its lines and shapes are everywhere As if they follow me Repeating my own longing in everything I see Star of happiness, star of love Lead us to the shore That only women hold the promise of Men would give them money And men would give them gold And shower them with promises Of luxury untold And make their vessels of creation The temples of our souls Ohhhhh let my people go Sea of loneliness, sea of love Carry me upon your endless depths And bear my heart above For I would give her money And I would give her jewels And lead her to the palace my imagination rules And fashion from her nakedness The innocence that’s gone Gone as the time she’s given the suffering of fools |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
It was easy for me
Up so high in my tree Living off of Wonderland Living with an unknown band Waiting there for Everyman There was change in the air It was love everywhere Living off of Wonderland Ankle deep in contraband Working on a life unplanned Didn't we believe in love? Didn't we believe in giving it away? That didn't really leave us with the love To find our way After RFK and Martin Luther King Do you feel it today? Love is still on the way Coming over wonderland The world is in your open hand Once again it's at your command Didn't we believe in love? Didn't we believe that love would carry on? Wouldn't we receive enough If we could just believe in one another As much as we believed in John |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
The things people do looking for understanding
Defy understanding If only they knew where the love they seek Is truly to be found Into the arms of night with their dreams held tight In their endless flight through the failing light The places you go thinking that love may find you When love is behind you It's all you can do to let the angels Find their own way home Into the arms of night with your endless fright With your face alight and your prey in sight Into the breach in search of the new Though after so many times You will have betrayed that too Into the arms of night with your endless fright With your eyes all bright and your prey in sight Into the arms of somebody new Until that's no longer so, And you are no longer true. |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Roll out the drumbs of war
Roll up the cover of the killing floor Roll out the drums of war And let's speak of things worth fighting for Roll out the drums of war Time Comes when everything you ever thought you knew Comes crashing down and flames rise up in front of you Roll out the drums of war Roll back the freedoms that we struggled for What were those freedoms for? Let's not talk about it any more Roll out the drums of war Whatever you believe the necessary course to be Depends on who you trust to identify the enemy Who beats the drums for war? Even before peace is lost Who are the profits for? And who are they who bear the cost When a country takes the low road to war Who gives the orders, orders to torture? Who gets to no bid contract the future? Who lies, then bombs, then calls it an error? Who makes a fortune from fighting terror? Who is the enemy trying to crush us? Who is the enemy of truth and justice? Who is the enemy of peace and freedom? Where are the courts, now when we need them? Why is impeachment not on the table? We better stop them while we are able Roll out the drums of war Whatever you believe the necessary course to be Depends on who you trust to identify the enemy Who took this country to war? Long before the peace was lost Who are the profits for? And who are they who bear the cost And who lay down their lives? And who will live with the sacrifice Of our best and brightest hopes, The flower of our youth, Of freedom, and the truth? |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Time on my side, a stowaway in the slipstream
A time I could glide the shifting currents of my dream In my dream the sunlight was falling from one side And every blade of grass was casting its own shadow And every little bird was singing its own song Time in my mind, the past of least resistance The future almost blind, both in need of assistance In my mind the question: Sunrise or sunset? In my mind I'm certain: Nothing's certain yet With every grain of sand casting its own shadow And every ray of the sun flashing on the sea Time may heal all wounds But time will steal you blind Time the wheel, time the conqueror Time to decide what kind of world I believe in The world open wide, Or the world about to stop breathing In my world I'm standing just inside the door In my world I'm speaking into the ocean's roar And every thought of you casts its own little shadow And everything I wanted, subject to review Time may heal all wounds But time will steal you blind Time the wheel, time the conqueror Time will heal all wounds but time... |
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from Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror (2009)
Where were you when the sky cracked open
Waiting for shelter and barely coping Thinking you could ride the storm out Hoping you would be all right Where were you when they gave a warning Hundred-fifty mile winds by morning Category four making landfall in the wild gray light Where were you Where were you Where were you in the social order Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter Which side of the Quarter between rich and poor... Where were you gonna evacuate to Assuming there was any way to Where if you didn't own a car... Where were you Where were you Where were you when you understood However decent, however good However hard some people try They only barely make it by They're born to live their entire lives In harm's way Where were you when you heard the stranded The injured and the empty-handed Running out of food and water at the Superdome The newborn and the elderly Exposed to even more misery While those in charge of rescue Waited for the Guard to come And those who left the Convention Center Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter The safety of the Westbank and higher ground... And when the Guard finally did arrive And got to work on about day five Mainly they were used to keep the looting down... Where were you Where were you Where were you when you realized However strong, however wise However true our leaders appear to be They talk about prosperity However hard this country strives When property is valued more than lives How strong will we ever really be How long do we imagine we'll be free We hold the truth self evident The photograph of the President From Air Force One he viewed the devastation Shaved face and rested eyes Looking down he circles twice On the way home from his vacation Where were you When you got the picture Where were you Where were you when the streets filled up with black water Where were you when defeat and destruction reigned in the Crescent Where were you when it blew from every direction Where were you when the promise was made To retrurn and rebuild To restore to its people The city that gave us the first American music The true inspiration and the freedom to use it Where will we find it again if we lose it And where will we be If we ever cease to love If we ever cease to love |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
I want to live in the world, not inside my head
I want to live in the world, I want to stand and be counted With the hopeful and the willing With the open and the strong With the voices in the darkness Fashioning daylight out of song And the millions of lovers Alive in the world I want to live in the world, not behind some wall I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call To the prisoner inside me To the captive of my doubt Who among his fantasies harbors the dream of breaking out And taking his chances Alive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world With its beauty and its cruelty With its heartbreak and its joy With it constantly giving birth to life and to forces that destroy And the infinite power of change Alive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
All good things got to come to an end
The thrills have to fade Before they come 'round again The bills will be paid And the pleasure will mend All good things got to come to an end God I wish I was home Laying 'round with my friends The call of the wild Caution thrown to the wind The fall of the child Where the longing begins All good things got to come to an end Like a river flows Rolling 'till it ends in the sea Our pleasure grows Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Now as the dark gathers into the sky And legions of might go thundering by Regions of light grow dim and then die And we with our wings Wait for morning to fly Like a river flows Rolling 'till it ends in the sea Our pleasure grows Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Here where the angels Have appeared and are gone Your face like an ember Glows in the dawn But I want you to remember All wild deeds live on All good times, all good friends All good things got to come to an end The thrills have to fade Before they come 'round again The bills will be paid And the pleasure will mend All good things got to come to an end All good times, all good friends All good things got to come to an end |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
Casino Nation
In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land The way the hammer shapes the hand Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation All those not on TV only have themselves to blame And don't quite seem to understand The way the hammer shapes the hand Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides Never worry where the gold for all this glory's gonna come from Get along dogies, it's coming out of your hides .. The intentional cultivation of a criminal class The future lit by brightly burning bridges Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war And let their weapons shape the plan The way the hammer shapes the hand The way the hammer shapes the hand ................................... Lyrics by Jackson Browne Music by Jackson Browne, Kevin McCormick, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Jeff Young |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
You used to stand on the tables
You used to shoot out the lights You used to stop trucks on I-19 In your blue leopard tights You got the vote of your high school Most likely to exceed But not likely to ever get enough Enough of what you need Enough of the night Enough of the night And now the carnival lights come down The sounds of laughter receed You sit and drink in this cardboard town The fast lane gone to seed You used to laugh about the damage done But there was no way to know How little distance you had actually come And how far you'd have to go It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby It's tough for me too Without all this pain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another night to close on your empty cup You've had enough of those Enough of the night Enough of the night You used to count on the miracles The old shot in the dark You used to wait for the setting sun To help you hit your mark You used to stand on the tables You used to shoot out the lights You dressed right out of the fables Like the Arabian Nights But you were never the princess More like the queen of the thieves And my heart was never more than one of the many A queen receives It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby it's tough for me too Without this disdain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another heart to pass beyond your reach Say "Baby not so fast" You've had enough of the night To fill the street with tears You've had enough of those empty hours To last a thousand years Enough of the night Enough of the tears |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
It was a ruby that she wore
On a chain around her neck In the shape of a heart In the shape of a heart It was a time I won't forget For the sorrow and regret And the shape of a heart And the shape of a heart I guess I never knew What she was talking about I guess I never knew What she was living without People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove Speak in terms of belief and belonging Try to fit some name to their longing People speak of love There was a hole left in the wall From some ancient fight About the size of a fist Or something thrown that had missed And there were other holes as well In the house where our nights fell Far to many to repair In the time that we were there People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of Reach out to each other through the push and shove Speak in terms of a life and the learning Try to think of a word for the burning You keep it up You try so hard To keep a life from coming apart And never know What breaches and faults are concealed In the shape of a heart In the shape of a heart In the shape of a heart It was the ruby that she wore On a stand beside the bed In the hour before dawn When I knew she was gone And I held it in my hand For a little while Dropped it into the wall I let it go and heard it fall I guess I never knew What she was talking about I guess I never knew What she was living without People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove Speak in terms of a life and the living Try to find the word for forgiving You keep it up You try so hard To keep a life from coming apart And never know The shallows and the unseen reef That are there from the start In the shape of a heart |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
My Stunning Mystery Companion
What with all my expectations long abandoned And a future I no longer saw my hand in How I found you is beyond my understanding My stunning mystery companion I know that you don't want to be Out here forever on this road Or live among the boxes Where all my past lives have been stowed Maybe you're thinking of someplace With a garden by the sea Where we could slow down And you could put a little more work in on me What with all my expectations long abandoned My solitary nature notwithstanding You're the one who pulled me Out of that crash landing My stunning mystery companion .. Right now I can't quite remember The cause of all my tears I hear you laughing and somehow The past just disappears Maybe you were joking when you said You'd take me for ten years and no more Maybe you've had the best of me But you could take another ten years and be sure What with all my expectations long abandoned And a life that just gets more and more demanding There's no doubt that you're the reason I'm still standing My stunning mystery companion ... (Words and Music By Jackson Browne) |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
Never Stop
There are times when I see you, Baby Looking back the way we came Through some hard places, choices we made You never held me to blame But you had some dreams when you were a girl Some ideas about the world And you see how some things will never be the same (And how some things never change) And I remember how you helped me, Baby And all the times you had my back And how you wrapped me in your sweetness And held my eyes with your eyes When my train was off the track Now I've got some things that I want to do And I want to do them with you If you'll just stand by me, and don't look back And never stop coming up with all of that love for me Never stop coming with your faith in what a love can be Never stop coming up with all of that lovev Keep on rising above And never stop coming up on the world love wants to see And the world has been showing you how It's no place for your tender heart now In a world that keeps turning you down Only the heart knows where the strength can be found Never stop coming up with all of that love for me Never stop coming with your faith in what a love can be Never stop coming up with all of that love Keep on rising above And never stop coming up on the world love wants to see .. .. Remember when you look into my eyes I'm the one who took you by surprise The time has come and gone and come back 'round again And I'm still here to take you by surprise my friend Show me your eyes, tell me again Where you want to go Now the night is glowing beneath your skin And when you smile I'm the richest man I know ............................................. Lyrics by Jackson Browne Music by Jackson Browne, Kevin McCormick, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Jeff Young |
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Pretty little one
How has it all begun? They're teaching you how to walk But you're already on the run Little one-- What you gonna do? Little one-- Honey, it's all up to you Now your daddy's in the den shootin' up the evening news Mama's with a friend, lately she's been so confused Little one-- Come on and take my hand I may not have the answer but I believe I got a plan Honey you shake and I'll rattle and we'll roll on down the line And see if we can't get in touch with a very close friend of mine But let me clue you in, it ain't like him To argue or pretend-- Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend Well they've got a little list of all those things of which they don't approve They've got to keep their eyes on you or you might make your move Little one-- I really wish you would Little one-- I think the damage would do you good Honey you shake and I'll rattle and we'll roll on down the line We're going to forget all about the battle It's gonna feel so fine 'Cause he's the missing link, the kitchen sink-- Eleven on a scale of ten Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend Honey you shake and I'll rattle and we'll roll on down the line I'm going to try to swing you up into my saddle And then we'll run but you'll think we're flyin' Now honey don't just stand there Lookin' like this dream will never end Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
In the calling out to one another
Of the lovers up and down the strand In the sound of the waves and the cries Of the seagulls circling the sand In the fragments of the songs Carried down the wind from some radio In the murmuring of the city in the distance Ominous and low I hear the sound of the world where we played And the far too simple beauty Of the promises we made If you ever need holding Call my name, I'll be there If you ever need holding And no holding back, I'll see you through Sky blue and black Where the touch of the lover ends And the soul of the friend begins There's a need to be separate and a need to be one And a struggle neither wins Where you gave me the world I was in And a place I could make a stand I could never see how you doubted me When I'd let go of your hand Yeah, and I was much younger then And I must have thought that I would know If things were going to end And the heavens were rolling Like a wheel on a track And our sky was unfolding And it'll never fold back Sky blue and black And I'd have fought the world for you If I thought that you wanted me to Or put aside what was true or untrue If I'd known that's what you needed What you needed me to do But the moment has passed by me now To have put away my pride And just come through for you somehow If you ever need holding Call my name, I'll be there If you ever need holding And no holding back, I'll see you through You're the color of the sky Reflected in each store-front window pane You're the whispering and the sighing Of my tires in the rain You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost In everything I do Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you In the sunlight and the shadows And the faces on the avenue That's the way love is That's the way love is That's the way love is Sky blue and black |
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Well, just look at that girl
With the lights comin' up in her eyes She's got to be somebody's baby She must be somebody's baby All the guys on the corner stand back And let her walk on by She's got to be somebody's baby She must be somebody's baby She's got to be somebody's baby She's so fine She's probably somebody's only light Gonna shine tonight Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right I heard her talkin' with her friend When she thought nobody else was around She said she's got to be somebody's baby She must be somebody's baby 'Cause when the cars and the signs and the streetlights Light up the town She's got to be somebody's baby She must be somebody's baby She's got to be somebody's baby She's so She's gonna be somebody's only light Gonna shine tonight Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight I try to shut my eyes But I can't get her outta my sight I know I'm gonna know her But I gotta get over my fright Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her I'm gonna talk to her tonight Ah Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light Gonna shine tonight Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight She's gonna be somebody's only light Gonna shine tonight Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight Ah Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight |
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from Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol.2 (2008)
The papers lie there helplessly
In a pile outside the door I've tried and tried, but I just can't remember what they're for The world outside is tugging like a beggar at my sleeve Oh, that's much too old a story to believe And you know that it's taken its share of me Even though you take such good care of me Now you say "Morocco" and that makes me smile I haven't seen Morocco in a long, long while The dreams are rolling down across the places in my mind And I've just had a taste of something fine The future hides and the past just slides England lies between Floating in a silver mist so cold and so clean California's shaking like an angry child will Who has asked for love and is unanswered still And you know that I'm looking back carefully OCause I know that there's still something there for me But you said "Morocco" and you made me smile And it hasn't been that easy for a long, long while And looking back into your eyes I saw them really shine Giving me a taste of something fine Something fine Now if you see Morocco I know you'll go in style I may not see Morocco for a little while But while you're there I was hoping you might keep it in your mind To save me just a taste of something fine |
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I used to lay out in a field under the Milky Way
With everything that I was feeling that I could not say With every doubt and every sorrow that was in my way Tearing around inside my head like it was there to stay Night in my eyes, the night inside me There where the shadows and the night could hide me Night in my eyes Sky full of stars turning over me Waiting for night to set me free I caught a ride into the city every chance I got I wasn't sure there was a name for the life I sought Now I'm a long way gone down the life I got I don't know how I believed some of the things I thought Night in my eyes, the night inside me Here where the shadows gather to decide me Night in my eyes Out at the end of light and gravity Waiting for night It takes the night to clear all of this mess away The obligation, the burden and the light of day It takes the night to fall between the world I obey And a world where I hear angels play Maybe I should go back to Spain I walk around inside the questions of my day I navigate the inner reaches of my disarray I pass the altars where fools and thieves hold sway I wait for night to come and lift this dread away Night in my eyes, the night inside me Here where the shadows and the light divide me Night in my eyes Night full of promise and uncertainty Waiting for night to set me free |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky You never know what will be coming down I don't remember losing track of you You were always dancing in and out of view I must've thought you'd always be around Always keeping things real by playing the clown Now you're nowhere to be found I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear But I can't sing I can't help listening I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round Crying is they ease you down 'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing Dancing our sorrow away (Right on Dancing) No matter what fate chooses to play (There's nothing you can do about it anyway) Just do the steps that you've been shown By everyone you've ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours Another's steps have grown In the end there is one dance you'll do alone Keep a fire for the human race Let your prayers go drifting into space You never know what will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near Just as easily it could all disappear Along with whatever meaning you might have found Don't let the uncertainty turn you around (The world keeps turning around and around) Go on and make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive And the time you go May lie a reason you were alive That you'll never know |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
For Everyman
Everybody I talk to is ready to leave With the light of the morning They've seen the end coming down long enough to believe That they've heard their last warning Standing alone Each has his own ticket in his hand And as the evening descends I sit thinking 'bout Everyman Seems like I've always been looking for some other place To get it together Where with a few of my friends I could give up the race And maybe find something better But all my fine dreams Well thought out schemes to gain the motherland Have all eventually come down to waiting for Everyman Waiting here for Everyman-- Make it on your own if you think you can If you see somewhere to go I understand Waiting here for Everyman-- Don't ask me if he'll show -- baby I don't know Make it on your own if you think you can Somewhere later on you'll have to take a stand Then you're going to need a hand Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one Who can give them the answers And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun Where sweet childhood still dances Who'll come along And hold out that strong and gentle father's hand? Long ago I heard someone say something 'bout Everyman Waiting here for Everyman-- Make it on your own if you think you can If you see somewhere to go I understand I'm not trying to tell you that I've seen the plan Turn and walk away if you think I am-- But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand He's just another dreamer, dreaming 'bout Everyman |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more But they didn't show your spirit quite as true You were turning 'round to see who was behind you And I took your childish laughter by surprise And at the moment that my camera happened to find you There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small Though it hasn't really been that long a time What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all Although for a while our path did seem to climb When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger While the loneliness seems to spring from your life Like a fountain from a pool Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right And it's good to see your smiling face tonight Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams But that magic feeling never seems to last And all the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems It would be easier sometimes to change the past I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you There's this loneliness springing up from your life Like a fountain from a pool Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right And it's good to see your smiling face tonight Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You've had to struggle, you've had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you've got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year With the blood in the ink of the headlines And the sound of the crowd in my ear You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war And there's a shadow on the faces Of the men who send the guns To the wars that are fought in places Where their business interest runs On the radio talk shows and the T.V. You hear one thing again and again How the U.S.A. stands for freedom And we come to the aid of a friend But who are the ones that we call our friends-- These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally can't take any more And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone There are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire There's a shadow on the faces Of the men who fan the flames Of the wars that are fought in places Where we can't even say the names They sell us the President the same way They sell us our clothes and our cars They sell us every thing from youth to religion The same time they sell us our wars I want to know who the men in the shadows are I want to hear somebody asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are But they're never the ones to fight or to die And there are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west
Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast With my beliefs and possessions, stopped at the frontier in my chest At the edge of my country, my back to the sea, looking east Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod And where power and position are equated with the grace of God These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the laughing and the rage In the absence of light And the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east How long have I left my mind to the powers that be? How long will it take to find the higher power moving in me? Power in the insect Power in the sea Power in the snow falling silently Power in the blossom Power in the stone Power in the song being sung alone Power in the wheat field Power in the rain Power in the sunlight and the hurricane Power in the silence Power in the flame Power in the sound of the lover's name The power of the sunrise and the power of a prayer released On the edge of my country, I pray for the ones with the least Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age And an absence of light In the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
Take It Easy
Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load I've got seven women on my mind Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me One says she's a friend of mine Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Lighten up while you still can Don't even try to understand Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy Well I'm a-standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona With such a fine sight to see It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford Slowin' down to take a look at me Come on baby, don't say maybe I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me We may lose and we may win But we will never be here again Open up I'm climbin' in to take it easy Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load Got a world of trouble on my mind Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover She's just a little hard to find Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Come on baby, don't say maybe I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me You know we got it easy We oughta take it easy |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
Running down around the towns along the shore
When I was sixteen and on my own No, I couldn't tell you what the hell those brakes were for I was just trying to hear my song Jimmy found his own sweet sound and won that free guitar We'd all get in the van and play Life became the Paradox, the Bear, the Rouge et Noir And the stretch of road running to L.A. Pages turning Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from All the world was shining from those hills The stars above and the lights below Among those there to test their fortunes and their wills I lost track of the score long ago Pages turning Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from Childhood comes for me at night Voices of my friends Your face bathing me in light Hope that never ends Pages turning Pages torn and pages burning Faded pages, open in the sun Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from. Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from. |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway Gonna pack my lunch in the morning And go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I'll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes streaming in I'll get up and do it again Amen. Say it again Amen. I want to know what became of the changes We waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening? I've been aware of the time going by They say in the end it's the wink of an eye When the morning light comes streaming in You'll get up and do it again Amen. Caught between the longing for love And the struggle for the legal tender Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring And the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight Fast asleep at the traffic light And the children solemnly wait For the ice cream vendor Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender He knows that all his hopes and dreams Begin and end there Ah the laughter of the lovers As they run through the night Leaving nothing for the others But to choose off and fight And tear at the world with all their might While the ships bearing their dreams Sail out of sight I'm gonna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams And then we'll put our dark glasses on And we'll make love until our strength is gone And when the morning light comes streaming in We'll get up and do it again Get it up again I'm gonna be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal tender Where the ads take aim and lay their claim To the heart and the soul of the spender And believe in whatever may lie In those things that money can buy where true love could have been a contender Are you there? Say a prayer for the Pretender. Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender. Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender? Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender? Are you prepared for the pretender? |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
These Days
Well I've been out walking I don't do that much talking these days These days-- These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do For you And all the times I had the chance to And I had a lover It's so hard to risk another these days These days-- Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life I have made in song Well it's just that I've been losing so long I'll keep on moving Things are bound to be improving these days These days-- These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
There's an angel on a ribbon
Hanging from the armoire door There's a Cupid with his feet crossed On the bird cage by the door There's a baby angel drummer His eyes are open wide And two more tiny cherubs On the mantle side by side Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying There are photographs of children All in their silver frames On the window sills and tabletops Lit by candle flames And upon their angel faces Life's expectations climb Where the moment has preserved them From the ravages of time Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to step out in the morning sun Through the flood of tears I want this darkness gone Your sweet face appears These apparitions coming one by one But there's no end in sight Only the dead of night And too many angels Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying Too many angels Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to step out in the morning sun Through the flood of tears I want to greet the dawn Cast away these fears Forget about the things we could have done Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to watch the children as they run Through the broken years I want this darkness gone Your sweet face appears These apparitions coming one by one But there's no end in sight Only the dead of night And too many angels |
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from Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 (2005)
I'm sitting down by the highway
Down by that highway side Everybody's going somewhere Riding just as fast as they can ride I guess they've got a lot to do Before they can rest assured Their lives are justified Pray to God for me baby He can let me slide 'Cause I've been up and down this highway Far as my eyes can see No matter how fast I run I can never seem to get away from me No matter where I am I can't help feeling I'm just a day away From where I want to be Now I'm running home baby Like a river to the sea Baby if you can see me Out across this wilderness There's just one thing I was hoping you might guess Baby you can free me All in the power of your sweet tenderness I can see it in your eyes You've got those bright baby blues You don't see what you've got to gain But you don't like to lose You watch yourself from the sidelines Like your life is a game you don't mind playing To keep yourself amused I don't mean to be cruel baby But you're looking confused Baby if you can hear me Turn down your radio There's just one thing I want you to know When you've been near me I've felt the love stirring in my soul It's so hard to come by That feeling of peace This friend of mine said "Close your eyes, and try a few of these" I thought I flying like a bird So far above my sorrow But when I looked down I was standing on my knees Now I need someone to help me Someone to help me please Baby if you need me Like I know I need you There's just one thing I'll ask you to do Take my hand and lead me To the hole in your garden wall And pull me through |
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from I Write The Songs: 36 Singer Songwriters Performing... (2005)
I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway Gonna pack my lunch in the morning And go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I'll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes streaming in I'll get up and do it again Amen. Say it again Amen. I want to know what became of the changes We waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening? I've been aware of the time going by They say in the end it's the wink of an eye When the morning light comes streaming in You'll get up and do it again Amen. Caught between the longing for love And the struggle for the legal tender Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring And the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight Fast asleep at the traffic light And the children solemnly wait For the ice cream vendor Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender He knows that all his hopes and dreams Begin and end there Ah the laughter of the lovers As they run through the night Leaving nothing for the others But to choose off and fight And tear at the world with all their might While the ships bearing their dreams Sail out of sight I'm gonna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams And then we'll put our dark glasses on And we'll make love until our strength is gone And when the morning light comes streaming in We'll get up and do it again Get it up again I'm gonna be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal tender Where the ads take aim and lay their claim To the heart and the soul of the spender And believe in whatever may lie In those things that money can buy where true love could have been a contender Are you there? Say a prayer for the Pretender. Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender. Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender? Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender? Are you prepared for the pretender? |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
I kept my eyes open and tried to see
The point of what went on in front of me I kept what moved me, forgot about the rest And took my young imagination to the acid test And it was easy then to say what love could do It's so easy when your world is new It's been so hard sometimes to find my way I let my pleasure lead my little world astray And if I'm truthful I'll say that I was blind To everything about this life but what I had in mind And it was easy then to say where love could go It's so easy when there's so much you don't know About my imagination, it got me through somehow Without my imagination, I wouldn't be here now And it was easy then when love was guaranteed It's so easy when love is all you need About my imagination I'm making this investigation Into my imagination According to my computations We're overdue for a transformation Or is it my imagination? I keep my eyes open and try to see This life in terms of possibility With so much changing, and changing for the worse You got to keep your head up, Baby From the cradle to the hearse And it was easy then to say where love could go It's so easy when love is all you know About my imagination I'm getting ready for the celebration I'm bringing my imagination Taking charge of my elevation No fear, no trepidation Register my affirmation No doubt, no hesitation People get ready for the embarkation About my imagination Calling out across the nation It's time for some kind of re-dedication Not talking 'bout just my generation I'm sending out this invocation I keep getting these excitations More light, more love More truth, and more innovation |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
In a weapons producing nation under Jesus
In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land The way the hammer shapes the hand Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation All those not on TV only have themselves to blame And don't quite seem to understand The way the hammer shapes the hand Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides Never worry where the gold for all this glory's gonna come from Get along dogies, it's coming out of your hides The intentional cultivation of a criminal class The future lit by brightly burning bridges Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war And let their weapons shape the plan The way the hammer shapes the hand |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
Don't you want to be there, don't you want to go?
Where the light is breaking and the cold clear winds blow Don't you want to be there in the golden glow Don't you want to be there, don't you want to fly? With your arms out, let a shout take you across the sky Don't you want to be there when the time's gone by Times there was love all around you Times you were strong and alone Times you believed love had found you And you fell through time like a stone And those you have wronged, you know You need to let them know some way And those who have wronged you, know You'll have to let them go someday Don't you want to be there? Don't you want to cry when you see how far You've got to go to be where forgiveness rules Instead of where you are Don't you want to be there, don't you want to know? Where the grace and simple truth of childhood go Don't you want to be there when the trumpets blow Blow for those born into hunger Blow for those lost 'neath the train Blow for those choking in anger Blow for those driven insane And those you have wronged, you know You need to let them know some way And those who have wronged you, know You'll have to let them go someday Don't you want to be there? Don't you want to see where the angels appear Don't you want to be where there's strength and love In the place of fear |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
For taking the trouble, for hanging on and tryin'
Now you've been working through the rubble of a shattered mind Yeah Baby, tell me why the tears are falling from your eye Tears of laughter, tears of grief, are they the tears of a captured thief? You thought that you were home free, thought you had her well in hand But there were things about her you didn't understand Yeah Baby, tell me how you're gonna keep that promise now? To live your life without regret and make it work with what you get You didn't then, but now you know When she began to lie-you really should have let her go You're learnin' how to talk about it, you're learnin' how to bend It's like you're learning how to walk all over again Yeah Baby, tell me who you're gonna give your lovin' to? That girl who catches every eye Or the one you can set your compass by You set it by her soulful smile The fire in her eye And the way she goes that extra mile The love you wanted this to be Is somewhere down the line You'll find her eventually Your grandma and her grandma Sittin' 'round heaven discussin' the law Lovin' that girl was not your crime, Livin' without her gonna take some time Lovin' that girl next thing you knew, You'd turned away from the thing you do Lovin' that girl, you couldn't see Living without her gonna make you free Words and Music by Jackson Browne (Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP) |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
What with all my expectations long abandoned
And a future I no longer saw my hand in How I found you is beyond my understanding My stunning mystery companion I know that you don't want to be Out here forever on this road Or live among the boxes Where all my past lives have been stowed Maybe you're thinking of someplace With a garden by the sea Where we could slow down And you could put a little more work in on me What with all my expectations long abandoned My solitary nature notwithstanding You're the one who pulled me Out of that crash landing My stunning mystery companion Right now I can't quite remember The cause of all my tears I hear you laughing and somehow The past just disappears Maybe you were joking when you said You'd take me for ten years and no more Maybe you've had the best of me But you could take another ten years and be sure What with all my expectations long abandoned And a life that just gets more and more demanding There's no doubt that you're the reason I'm still standing My stunning mystery companion |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
There are times when I see you, Baby
Looking back the way we came Through some hard places, choices we made You never held me to blame But you had some dreams when you were a girl Some ideas about the world And you see how some things will never be the same (And how some things never change) And I remember how you helped me, Baby And all the times you had my back And how you wrapped me in your sweetness And held my eyes with your eyes When my train was off the track Now I've got some things that I want to do And I want to do them with you If you'll just stand by me, and don't look back And never stop coming up with all of that love for me Never stop coming with your faith in what a love can be Never stop coming up with all of that lovev Keep on rising above And never stop coming up on the world love wants to see And the world has been showing you how It's no place for your tender heart now In a world that keeps turning you down Only the heart knows where the strength can be found Never stop coming up with all of that love for me Never stop coming with your faith in what a love can be Never stop coming up with all of that love Keep on rising above And never stop coming up on the world love wants to see Remember when you look into my eyes I'm the one who took you by surprise The time has come and gone and come back 'round again And I'm still here to take you by surprise my friend Show me your eyes, tell me again Where you want to go Now the night is glowing beneath your skin And when you smile I'm the richest man I know |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
He came 'round here with his camera and some of his American friends
Where the money is immortal and the killing never ends He set out from Cinecitt?through the ruined streets of Rome To shoot in Almeria and bring the bodies home He said I'll be rich or I'll be dead I've got it all here in my head He could see the killers' faces and he heard the song they sang Where he waited in the darkness with the Viale Glorioso gang He could see the blood approaching and he knew what he would be Since the days when he was first assisting The Force of Destiny He worked for Walsh and Wyler with the chariot and sword When he rode out in the desert he was quoting Hawks and Ford He came to see the masters and he left with what he saw What he stole from Kurosawa he bequeathed to Peckinpah From the Via Tuscolana to the view from Miller Drive He shot the eyes of bad men and kept their deaths alive With the darkness and the anguish of a Goya or Van Cleef He rescued truth from beauty and meaning from belief |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
Just take off your clothes and I'll drive you home I said
Knowing she never could pass on a dare And knowing it sounded more desperate than reckless or bold I just put it out there cold, too far gone to care My eyes on the road, she slid herself down in the seat And a vision of paradise swung into view Across those five lanes not one driver glanced over to see The beauty known only to me, and a big rig or two On that freeway the light was receding Her beauty, a sight so misleading I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone On the naked ride home With the trace of a smile and that defiant look in her eye She hurtled through space in a world of her own And turning aside my caress spoke of all that she'd not yet done As if I was the doubting one who would have to be shown On that freeway the light was receding Her beauty, a sight so misleading I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone On the naked ride home She gathered her clothes And ran through the yard in the dark Up onto the porch like a flash, and inside Then one room at a time I watched every light in our house come on Like the truth that would eventually dawn, Forcing me to decide But on that freeway the light was receding Her beauty, a sight so misleading I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone On the naked ride home Words and Music by Jackson Browne (Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP) |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
I used to lay out in a field under the Milky Way
With everything that I was feeling that I could not say With every doubt and every sorrow that was in my way Tearing around inside my head like it was there to stay Night in my eyes, the night inside me There where the shadows and the night could hide me Night in my eyes Sky full of stars turning over me Waiting for night to set me free I caught a ride into the city every chance I got I wasn't sure there was a name for the life I sought Now I'm a long way gone down the life I got I don't know how I believed some of the things I thought Night in my eyes, the night inside me Here where the shadows gather to decide me Night in my eyes Out at the end of light and gravity Waiting for night It takes the night to clear all of this mess away The obligation, the burden and the light of day It takes the night to fall between the world I obey And a world where I hear angels play Maybe I should go back to Spain I walk around inside the questions of my day I navigate the inner reaches of my disarray I pass the altars where fools and thieves hold sway I wait for night to come and lift this dread away Night in my eyes, the night inside me Here where the shadows and the light divide me Night in my eyes Night full of promise and uncertainty Waiting for night to set me free |
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from Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home (2002)
One foot after the other
One place pretty much like another Some folks got a pretty good deal Some are just looking for their next meal Out here where the days go by And the glances never meet the eye It's a walking town And I'm just out here walking 'round Walking 'round this walking town You got a house on top of a hill And a powerful automobile The windows up, the AC high In a world of comfort speeding by Stressed out in the latest style How long has it been since you walked a mile In yours or anybody else's shoes Well, in any life there will be dues It's a walking town And I'm just out here walking 'round Walking 'round this walking town Walking up, walking down Walking back, walking 'round Walking mute, walking bound Walking through your walking town One foot on the concrete shore One foot in the human sea Night falls on the streets of the city And it falls over you and me And all our dreams and our descriptions Of the life this was supposed to be Drift above the rooftops and the houses Until the sunlight finds me where I lay And it's a walking town And I'm back out here walking 'round Walking 'round this walking town |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
I want to live in the world, not inside my head
I want to live in the world, I want to stand and be counted With the hopeful and the willing With the open and the strong With the voices in the darkness Fashioning daylight out of song And the millions of lovers Alive in the world I want to live in the world, not behind some wall I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call To the prisoner inside me To the captive of my doubt Who among his fantasies harbors the dream of breaking out And taking his chances Alive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world With its beauty and its cruelty With its heartbreak and its joy With it constantly giving birth to life and to forces that destroy And the infinite power of change Alive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
How long did you blind me baby how long?
How long did you blind me baby how long? With your little girl laugh and your siren song Was I right about you girl or was I wrong? Was I right about you lyin' or was I wrong? You had another man lovin' you all along You said "Baby I love you, I wouldn't trade you in if I could" You said "Look at me baby, if I wanted to leave you I would" Yeah you had me hangin' on Every time while you were gone I believed you were hurryin' home to me, baby But you were never on time How long did you lie to me baby how long? How long did you lie to me baby how long? With your love light shut off and your runnin' light on You said "Baby I love you, I wouldn't trade you in if I could" You said "Look at me baby, if I wanted to leave you I would" Yeah you had me hangin' on Every time while you were gone I believed you were hurryin' home to me, baby But you were never on time How long did you blind me baby how long? How long did you blind me baby how long? With your little girl laugh and your siren song With your little girl laugh and your siren song |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
I live in a small town . . . deep in LA
About five miles north of where the Lakers play Everybody here's from someplace else Working all together just like Santa's elves Baby, Culver me And I'll Culver you When the streets are shining with the smoggy dew When the lights are glowing with the mists of June And the whole world is lit up by the Culver Moon Baby don't worry 'bout Angelyne She ain't the prettiest thing I've ever seen Nothing she wears ever fits her right And her complexion is just a little too tight And the way she looks down from so high above Makes me think the poor child's never been in love Baby, Culver me And I'll Culver you When the streets are shining with the smoggy dew When the lights are glowing with the mists of June And the whole world is lit up by the Culver Moon Baby I'm going to love you 'til the stars come down 'Til they park their limos and they walk to town 'Til the L.A. river overflows its banks 'Til the whole alternative nation bows its knobby head in thanks 'Til the fish are jumping in Ballona Creek 'Til the earth is inherited by the meek Baby, Culver me And I'll Culver you When the streets are shining with the smoggy dew When the lights are glowing with the mists of June And the whole world is illuminated by the Culver Moon Under the rainbow and behind Versailles From the aisles of Fedco to the 405 From MGM to Veteran's Park Way down at Chippendale's fumblin' in the dark Where the ghostly specter of Howard Hughes Hovers in the smoke of a thousand bar-b-ques Baby, Culver me And I'll Culver you When the streets are shining with the smoggy dew When the lights are glowing with the mists of June And the whole world is lit up by the Culver Moon |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Baby, I'm around you enough to know when you're coming down
And I am there with a smile, prepared to bring you around You're thinking that you've got me trained I'm aware of that But when you need your outlook changed Baby, I'm the cat Baby, I'm allowed to be late when I'm coming home You know I'll be there when I want to And you let me roam You think you've got me figured out I don't know about that But when you want to twist and shout Baby, I'm the cat Baby, I might not be all that Your fortune cookie promised you But I will do I'm the cat Baby I . . . Baby I'm the cat Oh yeah . . . Baby I'm the cat Baby, I'm in love with the way you scratch my back You've got the only thing I want And that's a fact And when sometimes we disagree You take me to the mat But when I get you spinning free Baby I'm the cat Baby, I might not be all that The gypsy woman prophesized But be advised I'm the cat Baby I might not be all that Your Magic 8 Ball said I'd be But you will see I'm the cat Baby I . . . Baby I'm the cat Oh yeah . . . Baby I'm the cat |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Give us twenty minutes and we'll give you the world
We bring good things to life The news you need from people you can count on Doing what we do best The heartbeat of America Your true voice You're in good hands Now more than ever before And in the flickering light and the comforting glow You get the world every night as a TV show The latest spin on the shit we're in, blow by blow And the more you watch, the less you know Beyond the hundred million darkened living rooms Out where the human ocean roars Into the failing light, the generations go Heading for the information wars Do people really spend millions upon millions To make us think we care about the planet At the same time polluting and looting the only world we've got So they can maximize their profit? People do. The heartbeat of America Your true voice For the life of your business It's everywhere you want to be And there's a front row seat for the precious few The latest war as a pay-per-view Famine and disaster right in front of you And the more you watch, the less you do Beyond the hundred million darkened living rooms Out where the human ocean roars Into the failing light, the generations go Heading for the information wars |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
They shot a man into the sky
The moon and stars became his bed He saw the sun rise seven times And when he came back down he said It is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one They shot a man if Africa At a time of rivalry and war He had some dreams of a good life But dreams aren't what they killed him for Now people stand themselves next to the righteous And they believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do But it is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one One - the deep blue ocean One - the endless sky One - the purple mountains One - you and I It's not a world of our own choosing We don'd decide where we are born This life is a battleground between right and wrong One way or other we are torn And people stand themselves next to the righteous And they believe the things they say are true And speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do But it is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one One - the deep blue ocean One - the endless sky One - the purple mountains One - you and I |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west
Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast With my beliefs and possessions, stopped at the frontier in my chest At the edge of my country, my back to the sea, looking east Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod And where power and position are equated with the grace of God These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the laughing and the rage In the absence of light And the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east How long have I left my mind to the powers that be? How long will it take to find the higher power moving in me? Power in the insect Power in the sea Power in the snow falling silently Power in the blossom Power in the stone Power in the song being sung alone Power in the wheatfield Power in the rain Power in the sunlight and the hurricane Power in the silence Power in the flame Power in the sound of the lover's name The power of the sunrise and the power of a prayer released On the edge of my country, I pray for the ones with the least Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age And an absence of light In the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Nino, walking around on Sunday
Nino, just one more kid in L.A. With a hubcap and a stick in his hand In his own parade, leading the band His head in the sky, his feet nearly touching the sand Nino, three thousand miles away Nino, la familia stares at the bay Turning off Sunset Boulevard Playing the fence around somebody's yard Thinking of home and keeping tumbao on the hood of a car Nino, people will know you one day Nino, they're going to call you El Rey Nino de la playa y la ciudad Nino de las calles y la verdad El ritmo de tu pueblo se siente aqui Al canto de la tierra que vive en ti La magia de tu mano en el tambor Retumba aqui con alma y con sabor Y al toque de campanas al sonar Los angeles te guardan desde el mar (Child of the beach and the city Child of the streets and of the truth The rhythm of your people is felt here To the song of the country that lives in you The magic of your hand on the drum Resonates here with soul and good feeling And at the strike of bells as they ring The angels guard you from the sea) With a hubcap and a stick in his hand In his own parade, leading the band His head in the sky, his feet nearly touching the sand of the homeland Nino, walking around in L.A. Nino, this will be your town one day |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Every day I walk out in this torn up world
And I fight to survive I'm laughing when I make it to the Saturday And I'm alive Carrying your smile with me Carrying your smile with me Everywhere I look I see this world slippin' down That low road, day by day And I just go on working for the things I need And making my own way Carrying your smile with me, oh yea Carrying your smile with me Take a walk on the troubled side of this old town Take a walk on the broken streets and the buildings falling down Look at all these kids with nothing but trouble in their eyes Trouble in their future, trouble in their lives Some bridges are falling down Some bridges are still around Take a walk on the shaded uptown avenue Some people are doing well no matter how they do And I know there's more to life than what you own But I see so many good things, things I've never known Some bridges are falling down Some bridges are still around Every night I listen to the sound of the street Lying in my bed I love to see the dreams that are dancing there In the light above your head And sometimes I get so weary And when hope is caving in You fill me with your love and your laughter, baby Until I get back up again Carrying your smile with me (Take a walk on the streets of this divided town) Carrying your smile with me (Take a walk on the smoking edge of the battleground) Carrying your smile with me (Take a look at the situation, the poverty and the desperation) (Take the time for the realization) Everyday I'm carrying your smile with me (Take a walk in the daylight) Carrying your smile with me (Some bridges are falling down) Carrying your smile with me (Some bridges are still around) |
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from Jackson Browne - Looking East (1996)
Running down around the towns along the shore
When I was sixteen and on my own No, I couldn't tell you what the hell those brakes were for I was just trying to hear my song Jimmy found his own sweet sound and won that free guitar We'd all get in the van and play Life became the Paradox, the Bear, the Rouge et Noir And the stretch of road running to L.A. Pages turning Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from All the world was shining from those hills The stars above and the lights below Among those there to test their fortunes and their wills I lost track of the score long ago Pages turning Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from Childhood comes for me at night Voices of my friends Your face bathing me in light Hope that never ends Pages turning Pages torn and pages burning Faded pages, open in the sun Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from. Better bring your own redemption when you come To the barricades of Heaven where I'm from. |
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from Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested (1995)
I am an old woman
named after my mother an old man is another child who's grown old If dreams were thunder lightning was desire this old house it would've burned down a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go When i was a young girl I had me a cowboy it wasn't much to look at it was a free ramblin' man There was a long time no matter how I tried the years they just rolled by like a broken down dance Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go There's flies in the kitchen I can hear them there buzzin' And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today But how the hell can a person go on to work in the morning to come home in the evening and have nothing to say Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go |
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from Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested (1995)
I am an old woman
named after my mother an old man is another child who's grown old If dreams were thunder lightning was desire this old house it would've burned down a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go When i was a young girl I had me a cowboy it wasn't much to look at it was a free ramblin' man There was a long time no matter how I tried the years they just rolled by like a broken down dance Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go There's flies in the kitchen I can hear them there buzzin' And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today But how the hell can a person go on to work in the morning to come home in the evening and have nothing to say Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to to believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go |
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from My Girl 2 (마이 걸 2) by Cliff Eidelman [ost] (1994)
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying Now I want to understand I have done all that I could To see the evil and the good without hiding You must help me if you can Doctor, my eyes Tell me what is wrong Was I unwise to leave them open for so long 'Cause I have wandered through this world And as each moment has unfurled I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams People go just where there will I never noticed them until I got this feeling That it's later than it seems Doctor, my eyes Tell me what you see I hear their cries Just say if it's too late for me Doctor, my eyes Cannot see the sky Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
All good things got to come to an end
The thrills have to fade Before they come 'round again The bills will be paid And the pleasure will mend All good things got to come to an end God I wish I was home Laying 'round with my friends The call of the wild Caution thrown to the wind The fall of the child Where the longing begins All good things got to come to an end Like a river flows Rolling 'till it ends in the sea Our pleasure grows Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Now as the dark gathers into the sky And legions of might go thundering by Regions of light grow dim and then die And we with our wings Wait for morning to fly Like a river flows Rolling 'till it ends in the sea Our pleasure grows Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Rolling 'till it ends in you and me Here where the angels Have appeared and are gone Your face like an ember Glows in the dawn But I want you to remember All wild deeds live on All good times, all good friends All good things got to come to an end The thrills have to fade Before they come 'round again The bills will be paid And the pleasure will mend All good things got to come to an end All good times, all good friends All good things got to come to an end |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
I hear your heart beating everywhere
When we're apart I can hear you there I hear your heart beating everywhere Everywhere I go People say that I must be in love The way I forget what we're speaking of The way I stand there smiling straight ahead And walk away without hearing a word they said I hear your heart beating everywhere When we're apart I can close my eyes and hear you there I hear your heart beating everywhere Everywhere I go In the middle of the football game At the beach in the pouring rain Standing on a hillside staring at the sun People hurry by the unfortunate one With the faraway eyes and the mystery smile Moving my body in a ragamuffin style I can't sit down when I hear it start I hear you heart everywhere I go People say that I must be a fool Cause when I'm near you I cannot be cool I don't quite make sense when I talk to you And when you smile I forget everything I knew I hear your heart beating everywhere When we're apart I can close my eyes and hear you there I hear your heart beating everywhere Everywhere I go Standing in the market where I buy my bread With a hunger in my belly and a rhythm in my head Looking all around for something good to eat Between the butter and the beans and the mops and the meat Coffee from the mountain, honey from the bee Nothing tastes as good as you taste to me Rocking in the aisle to my inside song People staring at me think I got a walkman on I hear your heart beating everywhere I hear your heart I hear your heart beating everywhere I hear you heart Beating everywhere I go |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
You hold a life there in your hands
You probably don't know Somehow your dreams became my plans Somewhere long ago Think about the things we've done and where we've been Your touch made me a king I don't want to live without your love again I'll do anything To make you see what I'm imagining To know the pleasure your smile can bring To keep the light from vanishing I'll do anything I fly this airplane upside down I walk out on the wing To see you watching from the ground I'll do anything When I see the light upon your upturned face I can hear the angels sing Don't ever let another take my place I'll do anything To make you see what I'm imagining To know the pleasure your smile can bring To keep the light from vanishing I'll do anything I make this world a place for you and me I make your happiness my responsibility To make this world the world you want to see I'll do anything When I see the light upon your upturned face I can hear the angels sing To see that no one ever takes my place I'll do anything To make you see what I'm imagining To know the pleasure your smile can bring To keep the light from vanishing I'll do anything |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
It's been a long time since I watched these lights alone
I look around my life tonight and you are gone I might have done something to keep you if I'd known How unhappy you had become While I was dreaming of you With my heart in your hands And I was following though With my beautiful plans Yeah now I'm rolling down this canyon drive With your laughter in my head I'm gonna have to block it out somehow to survive cause those dreams are dead And I'm alive I want to go where I will never hear your name I want to lose my sorrow and be free again And I know I've been insane When I think of places I could have been But I was dreaming of you With my heart in your hands And I was following through With my beautiful plans Standing here by the highway side Watching these trucks blow by Inches from my face Yeah thinking 'bout the time I've wasted And the pleasure we once tasted Looking up and down this road I've been here before Can't be here no more Yeah now I'm rolling down California five With your laughter in my head I'm gonna have to block it out somehow to survive cause those dreams are dead And I'm alive |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
I got my head down between my knees
I got my back against this bedroom wall I hear my voice saying baby please But I know you don't hear me call You're staring at that far horizon I don't even know why you stay It's like you're already miles and miles away We got this life so far turned around We only talk about what happened last We try to move ahead but we're losing ground To the heartache and the pain of the past Staring at that far horizon I don't even know why I stay You're already miles and miles away. Miles Away From these sad deliberations From a life in disarray And all these recriminations And these stones all in your passway You got this rage choking up your voice And you're behaving like an orphan child I want to be your friend but I got no choice Than to fight when you're so mean and wild Staring at that far horizon I don't even know why you stay It's like you're already miles and miles away Miles Away From these sad deliberations From the innocence betrayed The abandoned expectations And the stones that we have laid |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
To love and get away before the walls have arisen
You've got to be free But to go on attempting to break into the prison You'ld have to be me I wait for the sun to rise over the mountain I wait for your touch I wait for your angels to carry me home But I wait too much Waiting for you I have no problem telling right from wrong Fiction from what's true No problem telling the dream from the dawn My problem is you Waiting here for you I wanted to live in the realm of the senses You've got to know how And for some kinds of pleasure there are no defenses I know that now Our love is a crackling ladder of lightning Our love is a fire Our love is a wave moving deep in an ocean Of need and desire Waiting for you I have no problem with this crooked world I play the cards I drew No problem with the changes life has hurled My problem is you Waiting here for you I need your wonder and I need your light I need your tender touch to heal the night I need you laughing and I need you free And I need to lock you away deep inside of me Waiting for you I have no problem telling right from wrong The way some people do I know exactly where these arms belong My problem is you Waiting here for you And I don't worry about the ozone layer Just let those rays come through When I'm outside I keep my clothes on My problem is you Waiting here for you And I don't worry about Madonna Or the next thing she might do And I don't worry about your mamma My problem is you Waiting here for you |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
In the calling out to one another
Of the lovers up and down the strand In the sound of the waves and the cries Of the seagulls circling the sand In the fragments of the songs Carried down the wind from some radio In the murmuring of the city in the distance Ominous and low I hear the sound of the world where we played And the far too simple beauty Of the promises we made If you ever need holding Call my name, I'll be there If you ever need holding And no holding back, I'll see you through Sky blue and black Where the touch of the lover ends And the soul of the friend begins There's a need to be separate and a need to be one And a struggle neither wins Where you gave me the world I was in And a place I could make a stand I could never see how you doubted me When I'd let go of your hand Yeah, and I was much younger then And I must have thought that I would know If things were going to end And the heavens were rolling Like a wheel on a track And our sky was unfolding And it'll never fold back Sky blue and black And I'd have fought the world for you If I thought that you wanted me to Or put aside what was true or untrue If I'd known that's what you needed What you needed me to do But the moment has passed by me now To have put away my pride And just come through for you somehow If you ever need holding Call my name, I'll be there If you ever need holding And no holding back, I'll see you through You're the color of the sky Reflected in each store-front window pane You're the whispering and the sighing Of my tires in the rain You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost In everything I do Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you In the sunlight and the shadows And the faces on the avenue That's the way love is That's the way love is That's the way love is Sky blue and black |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
It used to be there were two sets of footprints in the sand
And there were two silhouettes in the sunset hand in hand But now here beside the sea are the footprints of three And I can't find my own Among the directions they're all going Baby it's alright Break this chain of love and madness It's alright Take this rain as your new address It's alright Take this rain It's alright Take this rain 'cause I've been running all over creation out of my mind Trying to keep our hearts beating together all of the time Going crazier every day Watching our love slipping away 'cause you're the only home I've ever wanted And the only light I've known But baby it's alright Break this chain of love and madness It's alright Take this rain as your new address It's alright Take this rain It's alright Take this rain You're going to be free Some people go through life seeing just what they want to see Take the way I went on believing You might still believe in me And I still want the love I always thought our love could be But some things can't be changed Take this rain You're going to hear my voice in the morning calling your name And know my love and my desperation were one and the same And where our footprints used to be There'll be nothing but the sea And the tide and the wind and the open sky And the unbroken horizon Baby it's alright Break this chain of love and madness It's alright Take this pain and all this sadness It's alright Make this rain into your fortress It's alright Take this rain It's alright Take this rain It's alright Take this rain You're going to be free |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
There's an angel on a ribbon
Hanging from the armoire door There's a Cupid with his feet crossed On the bird cage by the door There's a baby angel drummer His eyes are open wide And two more tiny cherubs On the mantle side by side Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying There are photographs of children All in their silver frames On the window sills and tabletops Lit by candle flames And upon their angel faces Life's expectations climb Where the moment has preserved them From the ravages of time Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to step out in the morning sun Through the flood of tears I want this darkness gone Your sweet face appears These apparitions coming one by one But there's no end in sight Only the dead of night And too many angels Too many angels Have seen me crying Too many angels Have heard you lying Too many angels Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to step out in the morning sun Through the flood of tears I want to greet the dawn Cast away these fears Forget about the things we could have done Bring the morning on Voices sing of day I want to watch the children as they run Through the broken years I want this darkness gone Your sweet face appears These apparitions coming one by one But there's no end in sight Only the dead of night And too many angels |
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from Jackson Browne - I'M Alive (1993)
There are two of me
And two of you Two who have betrayed love And two who have been true And together we went crashing through Every bond and vow and faith we knew Me and the fool I've been And the two of you Of the two of me One always knew That I would always love you Whatever you might do And the more unfree and troubled you grew I could feel the whole world splitting in two Trying to make the room For the two of you So like a fragile little child More than a little lost and wild How the light would leave the sky when you cried And returned again when you smiled And how the light would invade and divide The darkness I have inside There were two of me And two of you Searching for a passageway Hidden from our view And together we went crashing through Every bond and vow and faith we knew Me and the fool I've been And the two of you |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
Time will come when we know what happened here
Change will come in time and make it clear We learn one thing if we learn at all In the secret wars we call our lives Anything can happen We watch the days, we make our plans We change in ways a life demands But what ever pleasure this life may allow I'll give you the love I have for you now Because anything can happen In a world so full of fear Dreams are whispered in the dead of night And people disappear But you hear my heart and you know I'm still here Although you know and I know you know While I swear I'll never let you go Anything can happen Yeah, if this love can happen here Anything can We watch the days we make our plans We change in ways a life demands I'll always remember this time, this place The hope in your voice, the light on your face Because anything can happen In a world so full of pain People give their lives to making war And we call those people sane But I love you where your dreams remain Though you never say it anymore One day there'll be an end to this war And who knows We may see what we're here for Anything can happen Yeah, if this love has found us here Anything can Can happen |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
Lying next to you in the dark
Listening to your pounding heart The sheets are tangled around your waist I watch the dream moving on your face Feel you shake, hear your cries Running in the dark trying to open your eyes Come on baby, wake up I've followed you across the days and years Been there for the thrills and the tears Chasing you from state to state Waking, dreaming, I try to relate Why should I be somebody you fear When you're asleep and I'm so near? Don't even know why I'm in your dreams I got control over none of these things Morning comes, hard and bright And I'm exhausted from running after you all night Chasing you into the light Yeah I've been reaching for you baby As if I could reach you when you dream at night But I never can quite I ain't lying here awake by myself You better wake up There's something I want to talk to you about You better wake up I love you girl, tell the world I do There's nothing I wouldn't do for you I want to rescue you like you rescued me From a life of doubt and uncertainty That's why I'm chasing you Chasing you into the light Go for a walk on the pier with me baby Now as the dawn comes over the night Watching the stars in the sky disappear maybe You'll find a way to let go of your fright The sea is deep, the world is wide Ships are leaving for the other side This whole city will be waking soon And in the east Clouds are strung out behind the moon Chasing her into the light Wake up |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
You used to stand on the tables
You used to shoot out the lights You used to stop trucks on I-19 In your blue leopard tights You got the vote of your high school Most likely to exceed But not likely to ever get enough Enough of what you need Enough of the night Enough of the night And now the carnival lights come down The sounds of laughter receed You sit and drink in this cardboard town The fast lane gone to seed You used to laugh about the damage done But there was no way to know How little distance you had actually come And how far you'd have to go It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby It's tough for me too Without all this pain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another night to close on your empty cup You've had enough of those Enough of the night Enough of the night You used to count on the miracles The old shot in the dark You used to wait for the setting sun To help you hit your mark You used to stand on the tables You used to shoot out the lights You dressed right out of the fables Like the Arabian Nights But you were never the princess More like the queen of the thieves And my heart was never more than one of the many A queen receives It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby it's tough for me too Without this disdain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another heart to pass beyond your reach Say "Baby not so fast" You've had enough of the night To fill the street with tears You've had enough of those empty hours To last a thousand years Enough of the night Enough of the tears |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
When you look into a child's face
And you're seeing the human race And the endless possibilities there Where so much can come true And you think of the beautiful things A child can do How long -- would the child survive How long -- if it was up to you When you think about the money spent On defense by a government And the weapons of destruction we've built We're so sure that we need And you think of the millions and millions That money could feed How long -- can you hear someone crying How long -- can you hear someone dying Before you ask yourself why? And how long will we hear people speaking About missiles for peace And just let it go by How long will they tell us these weapons Are keeping us free That's a lie If you saw it from a satellite With its green and its blue and white The beauty of the curve of the earth And its oceans below You might think it was paradise If you didn't know You might think that it's turning But it's turning so slow How long -- can you hear someone crying How long -- can you hear someone dying Before you ask yourself why? And how long will it be 'till we've turned To the tasks and the skills That we'll have to have learned If we're going to find our place in the future And have something to offer Where this planet's concerned How long? |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday I was walking with my brother And he wondered what's on my mind I said what I believe in my soul Ain't what I see with my eyes And we can't turn our backs this time I am a patriot And I love my county Because my country is all I know I want to be with my family The people who understand me I've got nowhere else to go And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday And I was talking with my sister She looked so fine I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?" She said, "I want to run like the lion" Released from the cages Released from the rages Burning in my heart tonight And I ain't no communist And I ain't no capitalist And I ain't no socialist And I ain't no imperialist And I ain't no democrat And I ain't no republican I only know one party And it is freedom I am, I am, I am I am a patriot And I love my country Because my county is all I know And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday And the river opens for the righteous... |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
Here's to lights and virtues
Here's to truths yet to be known Knowledge to light the darkness The search for things of your own Here's to lights and virtues Here's to reaching higher ground A life of hope and purpose Here's to strength yet to be found Honor -- though it goes unrecognized And truth -- though liars abound The pleasure of love and friendship The courage to be alone |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
My personal revenge will be the right
Of our children in the schools and in the gardens My personal revenge will be to give you This song which has flourished without panic My personal revenge will be to show you The kindness in the eyes of my people Who have always fought relentlessly in battle And been generous and firm in victory My personal revenge will be to tell you good morning On a street without beggars or homeless When instead of jailing you I suggest You shake away the sadness there that blinds you And when you who have applied your hands in torture Are unable to look up at what surrounds you My personal revenge will be to give you These hands that once you so mistreated But have failed to take away their tenderness It was the people who hated you the most When rage became the language of their song And underneath the skin of this town today Its heart has been scarred forevermore It was the people who hated you the most When rage became the language of their song And underneath the skin of this town today Its heart has been scarred forevermore And underneath the skin of this town today Red and black, its heart's been scarred Forevermore |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
A man stands up before God and country
Raises his right hand and takes an oath Swears he has acted in the line of duty And he more than anyone wants to tell the truth But there is a need to keep some things a secret Some weapons shipments--some private wars In the future democracy will be defended Behind closed doors Now the men of Congress who convene to determine If covert war is a business or a crime Are the same men who routinely give their permission For the shedding of blood in security's name And there is a need to keep some things a secret The names of some countries--the terms of some deals And above all the sound of the screams of the innocent Beneath our wheels Does the word justice mean anything to you? Are the features of a lie beginning to come through? In the streets of America the children are buried Caught in an avalanche of weapons and drugs They live and they die in the bowels of a business That's disguised as a war between The Crips and The Bloods And there is a need to keep some things a secret The C.I.A. deals protecting the source And the government policies directly connecting the drugs and our wars Does the word justice mean anything to you? As the battlefield comes home and democracy falls through I am waiting for the time to come When the word will be real for everyone And not just a word but a thing that can be done But justice must be won |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
I come here for Dr. King
Who gave the people a precious thing He found a light in the darkest hour And the strength for speaking truth to power And in the years since they shot him down You see changes that once were a dream Begin to come around When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the winds is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn And I come here to praise Mandela And to send this message to his jailer Your walls may hold the man inside But they'll never ever hold back the tide 'Cause in the years you've shut him away A generation has grown where he stood They're gonna see the day When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the wind is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn We come here to sing for freedom And to send our voices to the ones who need them Freedom for South Africa And justice for Nelson Mandela 'Cause in the years they've shut him away A generation has grown where he stood We're gonna see the day When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the wind is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn |
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from Jackson Browne - World In Motion (1989)
Sun going down in the USA
Down on Main there's a family sleeping in a doorway Around the corner you can hear the sound People dancing around the golden calf Those who have not, those who have On the billboards and the T.V. screens They got food and cars and toys and trucks and jeans Like a homeless child's fitfull dreams Smiling faces free from wanting Life's abundances beyond counting World in motion -- speed your changes Close your distances, find your angels Lose your fears and meet your dangers World in motion Once we were running through smoke and fire Running into the sun In the rush of youth, for love and truth Our deeds were done Now we awake with a world at stake And a race we run We run Sun going down on the USA Sun coming up a hundred years away On another world and another time Things like hunger, greed and hatred One way or another, gonna be eradicated World in motion -- speed your changes Close your distances, drive your angels Lose your fears and meet your dangers World in motion 'Till the world I look out at this world and see Is the world I know this world can be You have a volunteer in me Now come on |
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from Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance (1986)
Long before you ever saw your chances
You were going to burn this city down Tired of the fashions and the dances Tired of the people standing around Ticking like a bomb in the night And you knew you were right Black and white Blame it on the time it took to leave here Blame it on the ones who slowed you down Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here Blame it on the sickness going 'round Going round and round in the night With your heart out of sight With your world burning bright Like a moth 'round a light Black and white The pictures of a life in flames Black and white The picture of a life remains And the search you half remember Setting out on at the start Is burning like an ember in your heart Time running out time running out For the fool still asking what his life is about Time running out time running out Time running out time running out Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt Time running out time running out Tell them that you've gone to find a person Someone you lost track of long ago Tell them that it's someone you need worse than Anybody else you'll ever know Ticking like a bomb in the night You were strong, you were light You were fast, you were bright Then you were gone in the light Black and white The pictures of a life in flames Black and white The picture of a life remains And the high ideals and the promise You once dressed the future in Are dancing in the embers with the wind Time running out time running out For the fool still asking what his life is about Time running out time running out Time running out time running out Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt Time running out time running out |
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from Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance (1986)
Daughter of a woman who comes and goes
Candy Daughter of a man she barely knows Candy All grown up about the things People know to do How to take a love and tear it in two No no no that isn't how it's gonna be For Candy She wants to be in love But she doesn't know why Candy You think she's a child Look at her now My my Candy Step by step this is her debut Looking for love that's made to stay true Step by step she' looking for more than I see Candy Candy You know what your love is worth It's a good thing baby Candy If you're looking for a real love It's a ghost town Candy Step by step this is her debut Looking for love that's made to stay true Step by step she' looking for more than I see Candy |
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